13-17<span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;
font-family:" calibri","sans-serif";mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:="" "times="" new="" roman";mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;mso-hansi-theme-font:="" minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"times="" roman";mso-ansi-language:en-us;="" mso-fareast-language:en-us;mso-bidi-language:ar-sa"="">The effect of humidity
during drying never-dried cotton on the fibre characteristics and collapse of
the fibre structure has been studied. The growth of convolutions as a function
of fibre moisture has been investigated. The data on the strength uniformity,
dye adsorption, water retention, glycerol retention and alkali centrifuge value
of different fibre samples dried at different humidities and temperatures
suggest that the fibres dried at 40-65% RH show better properties than
nature-dried cotton.</span